Terry Gross

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

For this collection, award-winning interviewer Terry Gross has selected more than three dozen of her most entertaining and revealing interviews for National Public Radio's premier program "Fresh Air." Known for her thoughtful, probing style, Gross precedes each of the more than three dozen selections with an explanation of why each guest was on the show and the thinking behind some of her question. 1-40130-010-3$24.95 / Time Warner Book Group

All I Did Was Ask

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Barry Singer

The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf

"Black and Blue" is the triumphant story of the African-American experience on Broadway, seen through the rediscovered life of a unique lyric-writing genius. Born Andrea Razafkeriefo- a direct descendant of the royal family of Madagascar -in 1895, Andy Razaf's life is a tale of breathtaking lyric talent ending in obscurity, set against Prohibition-era Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Harlem "after-hours" nightclubs and speakeasies.

Black and Blue

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Steve Lopez

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

A portrait of gifted violinist Nathaniel Ayers traces his education at Juilliard, his struggles with schizophrenia, the factors that led to his homelessness in Los Angeles, his friendship with the author, and the author's efforts to improve the musician's life.

The Soloist

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Charles R. Cross

A Biography of Kurt Cobain

This is the first in-depth biography of the troubled genius Kurt Cobain. Based on exclusive access to Cobains unpublished diaries, more than 400 interviews, four years of research, and a wealth of documentation, Heavier Than Heaven traces Cobains life from his early days in a double-wide trailer outside of Aberdeen, Washington, to his rise to fame, fortune, and the adulation of a generation.

Heavier Than Heaven

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Sandy Dengler

Texas

Writer of 8000 Songs

A biography of the nineteenth-century blind women who wrote more than 8,000 hymns.

Fanny Crosby

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Henry Rollins

Oregon

Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word. AsDetailsmagazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: "through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an L.A. punk rocker into a universal soldier. His enemies: slackers and hypocrites. His mission: to steel your soul and rock your world." Rollins was frontman for the seminal punk band Black Flag, and since 1987 has led the Rollins Band, whose ninth album,Come In and Burn, was just released by DreamWorks. As a spoken-word artist, he regularly performs at colleges and theaters worldwide and has released eight spoken-word audiotapes. His albumGet in the Vanwon the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for 1995. As an actor, he has appeared inThe Chase, Johnny Mnemonic, Heat, and David Lynch's forthcoming film,Lost Highway. From his days as front man for the band Black Flag and the current Rollins Band to his books and spoken-word audiotapes, Henry Rollins is the music, the attitude, and the voice that takes no prisoners. In his twelve books, he has led us on a hallucinatory journey through the decades--and his mind--with poems, essays, short stories, diary entries, and rants that exist at "the frayed edges where reality ends and imagination begins" (Publishers Weekly). For the first time, the best of his legendary, no-holds-barred writings are available. This collection includes new photos and works from such seminal Rollins books as: High Adventure in the Great Outdoors Art to Choke Hearts Bang! Black Coffee Blues Get in the Van Do I Come Here Often? Solipsist Plus never before released stories and more...

The Portable Henry Rollins

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Jessica Simpson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Five years ago Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer because she believed she couldn't be authentic with her readers if she wasn't fully honest with herself first. Now she examines her life: blessed with the compassion to help others but also burdened with an almost crippling need to please. First celebrated for her voice, she became famous for music and fashion, her relationship struggles-- and as a walking blonde joke. Here she shares the wisdom and inspirations she has learned, and shows the real woman behind all the pop-culture clichés. -- adapted from jacket

Open Book

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Melody Green

Used book store sticker over barcode. Light storage ripples on jacket and spine is a bit bowed. Blemishes are very subtle. Book is in amazing shape with very little use. Pages immaculately crisp. No dog ears or scribbles. Please see photos for reference.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

The Life Story of Keith Green - Legacy Edition 

Longtime fans and new listeners can experience the impact of Keith's character, courage, and commitment in this revised and expanded testimony of his extraordinary life.

No Compromise

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George Case

Pennsylvania

Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography

Jimmy Page - Magus, Musician, Man is a meticulously researched life story of Led Zeppelin's legendary guitarist and producer. From his childhood in war-torn Britain and his pivotal role in the recording studios that launched the British Invasion of the '60s to his milestone achievements, his dark, nefarious excesses with Led Zeppelin, and his emergence as a revered cultural icon and honored philanthropist, this biography - the first ever written about Jimmy Page - portrays all his spiritual, artistic, and personal dimensions. Swinging London, the Sunset Strip, Bron-yr-Aur, Kashmir, and Clarksdale: Magus, Musician, Man traverses through all of Page's hallowed stomping grounds and tells, at last, the complete story of one of rock 'n' roll's most enigmatic and influential talents.

Jimmy Page

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Keith Richards

James Fox

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Maryland

The lead guitarist for The Rolling Stones offers a no-holds-barred account of his life, from a youth obsessed with Chuck Berry to his formation of the Stones and their subsequent stardom, in a book where the author frankly discusses his problems with drugs, his relationships, his estrangement from Mick Jagger, bandmate Brian Jones' death and more. 1.5 million first printing. $500,000 ad/promo.

Life

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Debbie Harry

Rhode Island

A Memoir

Debbie Harry invites us into her world for the first time, offering the real and honest truth of her life. Print run 250,000.

Face It

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Alex Call

Book is in excellent condition. Read once. Inside the jacket there is a cease.  Front flap and some small marks to top and bottom on spine. All pictured. First edition

New Jersey

The Song That Saved Me

Alex Call has been a hit recording artist and songwriter for over thirty years. His muse is legendary in the industry, and his songs have become musical icons of American pop culture. His expansive repertoire of Billboard Hot 100 hits includes: 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News Perfect World by Huey Lewis and the News Little Too Late by Pat Benatar Just Take My Heart by Mr. Big New Romeo by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes Alex was lead singer in the San Francisco cult-fave Country-rock band Clover, along with Huey Lewis and John McFee. Clover was the band on Elvis Costello's first hit album, My Aim is True. Alex has been a recording artist for Arista Records, Mercury Records, and Fantasy Records. The video of his Arista single, "Just Another Saturday Night" graced the early days of MTV. His songs are featured in Movies and TV, and have served as branding for numerous national ad campaigns. 867-5309/Jenny continues to be a ubiquitous icon of the 80's ensconced at number four on VH1's Hits of the 80's. It has been featured on over forty compilation CD's with Power of Love close behind. In addition to writing music, lyrics, and fiction novels, Alex produces sessions, and performs as a solo act or with his band in cities across the US. He is a member of the Studer Group's (a healthcare company) speakers' bureau for his work with music and healthcare. Alex is an avid student of history, spirituality, and politics. He was strongly influenced early in life by the anthropologists who taught at Verde Valley School in Sedona, AZ. Alex is a fly fisherman, a baseball player, fan, and coach. A San Francisco native, Alex loves the wide-open spaces of the Southwest and the Rockies, and has lived and worked in London, Los Angeles, and Montana. Mr. Call currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and son and is busy crafting his next novel.

867-5309 Jenny

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Michael Bolton

Autographed copy, see photo for details. Also looks like the front cover was autographed as well, but has been somewhat rubbed off. 

Washington

My Music, My Life

After four decades in the music industry, Michael Bolton has become one the most successful musicians of our time. THE SOUL OF IT ALL is his backstage pass into his life lived thus far-into the venues, busses, limos, and hotel rooms of stardom, and finally into his home and heart. His story will go long and dive deep, not only into his self-proclaimed "vagabond vampire" life, but also into the belly of the beast that is the music industry, with its joys, follies, and torments. From a 14 year old kid performing in dive bars in his hometown of New Haven, CT, to struggling to provide for his wife and kids, to finally breaking through with the Soul Provider album, and going on to sell more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide, Bolton has fought for and earned a life most just dream of. THE SOUL OF IT ALL is his life, chock-full of all the incredible stories, and the star-studded cast you'd expect, including: Luciano Pavarotti, Paula Abdul, Cher, Bob Dylan, Barbara Streisand, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming, Bon Jovi, Wynonna Judd, BB King, Patti LaBelle, Carlos Santana, Nicolette Sheridan, Teri Hatcher and others...

The Soul of It All (AUTOGRAPHED)

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Chet Flippo

A journalist’s account of 20 years covering The Rolling Stones 

Twenty Years of Lipstick, Handcuffs, and Chemicals

On the Road with the Rolling Stones

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Neil Young

A Memoir of Life and Cars

Quirky and wonderfully candid, Neil Young's second book of reminiscences is as compelling as his first book. He returns with more unforgettable stories about his six decades in the music business - but this is not your average rock biography. He centres this work on one of his life's passions, cars, using the framework of all the cars he's ever owned to construct a narrative of his life and career, exploring and demonstrating how memories are attached to objects. Young also expresses regret for the environmental impact of his past cars, and now passionately advocates the use of clean energy. 'Special Deluxe' is a mix of memoir and environmental politics by one of the most gifted and influential artists of our time.

Special Deluxe

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Elton John

Florida

Elton John Official Autobiography

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend. Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt, and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again. His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with song-writing partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation to conquering Broadway with Aida, The Lion King, and Billy Elliot the Musical. All the while Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade. In Me, Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble, and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you by a living legend.

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Melody Green Sievright

David Hazard

Utah

The Life Story of Keith Green 

"Keith was uncompromising in his call to holiness" (Amy Grant). Experience the continuing impact of the extraordinary Keith Green through his courage, unwavering faith, and legacy of songs and teachings.

Michelle Cruz Gonzales

Martin Sorrondeguy

Mimi Thi Nguyen

Michigan

Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band

The story of a Chicana drummer who forged paths of feminism, freedom, and human rights into her all-girl punk rock band in the nineties.

The Spitboy Rule

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Has stain on bottom front pages, see all pics for details. Great book, full of info! 

Missouri

Long Awaited Biography of Jim Morrison 

No One Here Gets Out Alive

Bruce Springsteen

Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himselfto writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as The Big Bang: seeing Elvis Presley s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work. Born to Run will be revelatory for anyone who has ever enjoyed Bruce Springsteen, but this book is much more than a legendary rock star s memoir. This is a book for workers and dreamers, parents and children, lovers and loners, artists, freaks, or anyone who has ever wanted to be baptized in the holy river of rock and roll. Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs ("Thunder Road, "Badlands." "Darkness on the edge of Town. "The River" "Born in the U.S.A." "The Rising, " abd "The Ghost of Tom Joad," to name just a few). Bruce Springsteen s autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.

Born to Run

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Frank Zappa

From Simon & Schuster, the brash and outrageously funny autobiography of music legend Frank Zappa

The Real Frank Zappa Bookis the real story of how he became the state of the art in weirdness, as only he can tell it: wild rock 'n' roll road stories, confrontations with bureaucratic idiocy, and more

Recounts the life and career of the inventive and controversial rock musician, and includes information on his philosophies on art, his opinions on the music industry, and his thoughts on raising children.

The Real Frank Zappa Book - First Touchstone Edition

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Bill Miller

Singer. Songwriter. With an unmistakable voice that resonates with millions, lyrics that speak volumes in the span of three minutes, and a career that lasted nearly five decades, Johnny Cash was peerless in his style and had a vast influence on country, folk, and rock music.The legendary "Man in Black" (who originally wanted to be a gospel singer) wrote his first hit record for Sam Phillips at Sun Records in the 1950s...and in 2003 turned a Nine Inch Nails song into one of the most deeply moving music videos ever created. A man of uncommon grace and innate goodness, Johnny Cash plied his gifts, fought his demons, and lived a life that was his alone -- enjoying one of the great love stories of the century with his wife, June, while somehow managing to leave a little of himself with people all over the world.In Cash: An American Man, fans of his music are now given a unique and personal glimpse into his life through hundreds of photographs, private letters, handwritten lyrics, his final interview given just three weeks before his death, and other astonishing memorabilia -- a one-of-a-kind collection fully authorized by the Johnny Cash Estate and created in cooperation with his friend, confidant, and lifelong fan, Bill Miller. Lavishly illustrated and designed by the award-winning team at Rare Air Media, Cash: An American Man is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year, and the ultimate tribute to one of the music's most enduring figures.

An American Man

A longtime friend of "The Man in Black" offers a slim coffee-table-size scrapbook of photos and memorabilia of the legendary country singer. A transcript of his last interview and the poem he wrote longhand after June Carter Cash's funeral are included.

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